Topic: [CLOSED] Avalon ASIC chip distribution - page 28. (Read 220189 times)

What happens in the - hopefully unlikely - event that Avalon can’t deliver the chips or they get delayed indefinitely?

What happens in the - hopefully unlikely - event that Avalon can’t deliver the chips or they get delayed indefinitely?

No but there are leaked photos of thousands of chips in box's on this site

Have they given any reason for the delay?

Yes, the first batch was ordered mid April, 10 weeks passed end of June - so we are overdue. AFAIK, no chips have been delivered so far, so let us hope and see how much the delay will be.

has there been any update on the chip orders?  wasn't the original shipping date for july?

can you send the chips to and board manufacture ?

Hello Zefir,

I just successfully submitted my address through the system. The address is correct, but I don't see a place to put my name. It didn't say to put it with the address and I assumed there would be somewhere else to enter it. Any advice?

Cheers!

I just did this and didn't see any box to check to finalize.
It just wants me to sign again but I don't see the box to finalize.

I think the problem will be smaller than you think now. Most of the chips will go to a handful of assemblers, so it will be only a couple of packages at the end. That means it wont cost 200€ for each groupbuyer to ship the chips.

Shipping address on the web site does the shipper get notified that I have allowed you to send my chips to them? Example I choose burnin.  Will he be notified that wallet address has confirmed and signed with you , what are the next steps talk to him? It's not 100% clear

Update


Sample chip shipping payments
Those who received their sample chips, please ignore the invoice I enclosed with the parcel. It is meant for customs, just in case. The S&H for the samples is a flat 0.4BTC value, please do not adapt it due to the recent fluctuations in the BTC/fiat exchange rate. If you have the coins at hand, please send 0.4BTC to 184g4gAJqtM1BTDmDwRPB4AokXbqtZ2wnG. If you don't have, please post here you received the chips and want to take them as donation.

Sample chips shipping time / shipping of final chips
Some of the developers received their chips within 5 days, others are waiting for two weeks and more. I sent those out as registered priority mail via SwissPost, which gives a delivery time of 5 days. From the tracking information I see that they are delivered to the destination country within 2 days, but then it becomes slow. Interestingly enough, those folks around the globe (USA, Australia, Asia) got heirs delivered fast, while in the EU the delays are significantly longer. I talked to SwissPost and their feedback is that they do guarantee delivery into destination country, but have no control over the processing times there.

As a consequence, I will not ship the final chips via SwissPost, which will be challenging to come by: DHL offers only express here and charges ~$200 for the smallest parcel (that is, sending a 100g chocolate block). Other parcel services are even more expensive. A user from a USA pointed out that for that amount of money I could send chips directly via air-freight overnight, which would be an option for those living nearby an airport. Alas, this would require me to drive to Zurich airport for each shipment, therefore not a real alternative. Still I do not have a clear picture how the chips will arrive (all at once or one parcel per day), so I'll investigate further and try to find a good solution.

New shipping destination added
steamboat is now available as destination for your orders.